sell one's soul
verbEtymology
From the medieval legend of Faust, who made a contract with the devil, exchanging his soul for worldly gains.
Definitions
To abandon one's spiritual values or moral principles for wealth or other benefits.
- He murmured in her ear. “You are Marguerite, for you could fire a man's heart so that he would sell his soul to gain you.”
- So I resolved to acquire a dog, and bought one from a prospector, who was stony-broke and would have sold his soul for a drink.
- After all, the South is where jazz and blues were invented. Where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil so he could play the licks that would become rock 'n' roll.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA